Alaric’s POV:

This wasn’t how I wanted Tyler to find out that I was married to Meadow—the woman he mistreated.

But fucking hell, this was way better than I thought it would be.

Perfect.

The expression on Cross’s face as he froze, his hand in the air—the same hand that was about to hit my wife, the way his jaw dropped open… it was all worth it. Every single thing we had been doing up to this moment.

Fucking worth it.

“Sir…” he breathed, brows pulling together in ...